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Synonyms for organisms


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-guh-niz-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm



Définition of organisms

Origin :
  • 1660s, "organic structure, organization," from organize + -ism. Sense of "living animal or plant" first recorded 1842. Related: Organismic.
  • noun living thing
Example sentences :
  • If they are exposed to the ordinary atmosphere around us, why, of course, you may have organisms appearing early.
  • Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Predaceous: applied to insects that live by preying upon other organisms.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • This only refers to consecutiveness of history of organisms of each formation.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
  • Teleology concerns the ends for which organisms were designed.
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • They were not just similar as to organisms and physical structure.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • All the researches into the simpler forms of organisms go to prove that.
  • Extract from : « London Lectures of 1907 » by Annie Besant
  • A favorite phrase with him is living bodies, or, as we should say, organisms.
  • Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard
  • In the competition of life the parties are men and other organisms.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • These organisms were described as "Laveran's degenerative forms."
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • In nine out of the ten flasks no organisms of any kind were developed.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

Antonyms for organisms

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